New and adjusted US crude postings, production, stocks symbols

Platts is planning to provide increased coverage for two types of US crude oil data:

* US crude oil posted prices in dispatch category PC, from most major suppliers

* Alaska crude oil production and inventory statistics in category RU, published by the Alaska state tax division

For complete information on the symbols in each dataset, click on the following web link, or copy and paste it into your web browser: http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/MethodologyReferences/NewDiscontinued Codes/Codes/usakcrude.xls or http://bit.ly/usakcrude The symbols marked with 'Add' in column A are new symbols, which will begin updating shortly.

The symbols marked 'Chg' are existing symbols which are currently updating. However, their descriptions have been adjusted to be consistent with the descriptions for the new ones.

Symbol descriptions for crude postings reflect the crude type as indicated by the supplier, plus the location (state) and supplier name.

If you have any comments or questions concerning this announcement, please contact your local Platts Customer Care representative, or email support@platts.com.